Covid: Rutte admits, Holland unprepared for vaccines

(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 05 - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has admitted his government's unpreparedness on anti-coronavirus vaccinations. Despite the hundreds of thousands of divaccino doses that have arrived, Holland will begin its plan tomorrow, the last country in the EU. "We received a different vaccine than we expected and earlier than expected," Rutte said in Parliament. The Dutch premier explained that he was taken by surprise by EMA's approval of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on December 21st. "We are not prepared to distribute a vaccine that needs to be stored at -70 degrees," he admitted. (HANDLE).